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In previous articles I discussed creation (Creating files and directories) and selection (Listing and filtering directory contents) of files and directories. The last logical step to take is to explore what can we do with them and how. This is…

There hasn’t been much happening in the area of listing directory contents until the release of Java 7. But since NIO.2 introduced a new way to do this it might be worth it to cover this area. One of big…

Great number of applications nowadays create files or directories for very wide range of purposes. Whether it is to generate a report, export piece of configuration or simply to store some data it is important to be able to handle…

One of the biggest problems with pre-NIO.2 libraries was inefficient work with metadata of files and directories. Authors of NIO.2 library introduce concept of file attribute views to address this problem and also to solve couple of other issues that…

In order to work with file system one must first be able to point to files and directories. The first thing that needs to be understood is the role of java.nio.file.Path class, the way instances are created and its functionality. As…